Improvement in harness-saddles



R. SPENCER.

HARNESS SADDLE. No.180,670 Patented Afig.I,1'87'6.

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ROBERT SPENCER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,670, dated August 1, 1876; application filed January 10,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT SPENCER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew- York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Saddles, of which the following is a specification The object of myinvention is to so construct harness saddles that they will be cheaper, lighter, simpler, and more elastic; also, adapted to be more easily finished, and afford a broader bearing for tree-plates of a given size than saddles of the ordinary construction.

The invention consists in making the under bearing or pad of wood broader than the tree-plate, and attaching the flap and jockey to the margins of the face or outer side of the pads, as hereinafter described.

The invention further consists in constructing the treeplate of sheet metal, with a transverse ridge and corresponding groove or depression.

Figure 1 is a partly sectional elevation of the saddle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the saddle, partly in section.

The tree of the saddle is formed of sheet metal, and consists of the wings or side pieces A A and top portion B. A ridge and depression, a, are formed at the junction of parts A A with B, to adapt the tree to bend or yield easily at those points, and thus increase the flexibility of the saddle as a whole, and render it easier for the back of the horse. The wings A A are attached to broad wooden pads or bearings O by means of screws or rivets, and the pads'are grooved longitudinally to receive the backhand D and the nuts E, into which latter the terrets F are screwed. The terrets secure the flap or lower portion of the jockeys G, but the backpiece H is nailed to the wooden pads 0, along the edges thereof, outside the wings A A of the tree, the pads being, for this purpose, made broader than the tree. The felt cover dis attached to the side edges of the pads by means of nails. I

This mode of constructing and connecting the parts is very siinple,'and effects a considerable saving in the cost of harnesssaddles of this class. The breadth of the pads likewise afl'ords an easy bearingfor the back of the horse.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the tree-plate, of an under-bearing or pad of wood made wider than the tree-plate, for attaching the flap and jockey to the margins of the face or outside portions of the pad, as shown and described.

2. The harness saddle tree, formed of the parts A B struck up from sheet metal, in one piece, and having a transverse ridge. or depression, a, at the junction of the wings with the central portion, as shown and described.

ROBERT SPENCER.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, A. P. THAYER. 

